Improvement in velocipede



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Letters Patent No. 91,679, dated June 22, 1 869.

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"To all whom, 'it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, LUCIUS A. Smcmun, of Bellevue, in the county ofHuron, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Three-WheeledVelocipede; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exactldescliption thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the .same,.reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing, forming'part of this specification, in which- V Figure 1represents a side elevation, partly in sec tion, of my improvedvelocipede.

Figure 2 is= a "plan or top .view'of the same. Similar lctters'ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

' This invention relates to a new steering=device for a three-wheeledvelocipede.

The inventionconsists in arranging the rear axle in the. slotted rearpart of the frame, and in so connecting it, we pivoted arm, with thefront part of the frame, and byfpointed levers, with a steering-handlein front, :that it can, by turning the said handle, be bodily swung inthe slots of the frame.

A, in the drawing, represents .the frameot my im- It is made in form ofa bar, which .proved velocipede.

has its endsbrought parallel and near together in front,

while its rear part is bulged out, to form the larger portion of acircle, as is clearly shown in fig. 2. y The parallel straight frontends-of the lever or frame A carry the front crank-axle B of the frontwheel C, while the. rear axle I) fits through slots that are formed inthe back part of the frame, as in fig. 1.

, The rear wheels E are mounted upon the ends of the axle D. I

The middle of the axle D carries a forward'projecting tongue, a, whichis by a pin,b, pivotedto a crosspiece, 0, of the frame, as shown, sothat the rear axle can freely swing around its pivotb, and move in theslots of the frame.

w his the steering-post, held vertically in arms (I d that project fromthe frame,and provided with a projecting-arm, e, as shown.

This arm is by a pin, j',"com1ected' witlra lever, g, that is pivoted tothe middle of the axle D, as in fig. 2. The rear end of the lever gmaybe slotted, tobe, by a pin, it, held to the centre line on the rearof the frame. The rear end of the arm E is also slotted. By turning thepost I the arm 0 will be swung to carry the axle D around the pivot b,whereby the apparatus is readily steered.

The seat G is fastened upon horizontal bars it, that are, by rods, j,supported on the frame A,'and is, bya

' crossbar, K, and screw, 1, clamped to said bars 1'1, more or less infront, as may be desired, it being thus longitndinally adjustable.

,Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- v 1.The rear axle D of a three-wheeled velocipede,

when provided with a projecting tongue, (1, which is in front pivoted bya pin, b,'and when supported in the slotted frai'ne A, substantially asherein shown and described. V

2. The steering-post lbwhen connected by the jointed levers e y, withthe pivoted rear axle D, to

operate the same on the frame A, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

LUCIUS A. SINCLAIR. Witnesses: a

E. D. LORD, B. P. SMITH.

